No. 8 — Accidents

Total: 120 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Helping electrician make cabe splice, knife and cut finger.
01/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was throwing the miner cable out of roadway and pulled muscle in back.
12/12/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was bolting top and a piece of rock fell out and hit him on rt. foot.
11/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Pulling on miner cable and pulled lower back.
11/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Bending roof bolt and slipped. Roof bolt hit him in chest on right side.
10/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Looking at centerline and tripped and fell into boom on Miner and hit lt shoulder.
10/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Hurt shoulder and back while lifting miner cable.
10/02/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 172d lost Employee twisted around to get a piece of drill steel and pulled back.
09/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost Employee was shoveling belt head and pulled lower back.
09/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Opening tool box and cut hand on knife blade.
09/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Moving wheel unit out of way and pulled lower back.
08/21/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was installing roof bolts. A piece of rock fell and hit him on top of left hand.
08/04/2007 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal During the change-out of a cutter head torque shaft, employee unexpectedly attempted to pull out a rotating shaft which struck him, causing injuries.
07/16/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Operator was installing bolt into hole while attempting to straighten bolt, it spun around twisting his upper back.
07/11/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost While turning around in shuttle car to change directions, employee twisted his left knee.
06/07/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost Crawling while moving miner and twisted knee in the mud.
05/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was helping load track rail on scoop and pulled back.
04/16/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Trying to get drill steel out of top, the drill steel fell out striking him on the right hand.
03/15/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was building stopping and a piece of draw rock fell hitting him on the right side.
02/01/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting, a piece of draw rock fell hitting him on face and neck area.